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1. Pn.ciNTHCS nutans, H. f, and Th. Fl. Tnd. 147. A small tree : 
young brandies rusty tomentose. Leaves membranous, oblong-lanceolate 
or oblanceolato to obovate-olliptie, caudate-acuminate, the base always 
narrowed and sometimes acute ; upper surface glabrous, the midrib and 
main nerves tomentose; lower softly pubescent, the midrib tomentose: 
main nerves 10 to 14 pairs, spreading, prominent beneath, inter-arching 
near the edge : length 5 to 9 in., breadth 1*3 to 4" 5 in. j petiole "3 in., 
tomentose. Flowers foetid, solitary or 2 or 3 together, drooping, extra- 
axillary ; pedicels 5 to 1"5 in. long with 1 or 2 linear bracteoles, pubes- 
cent. Sepals linear- lanceolate, spreading, tomentose, *2 in. long. Pel ah 
very unequal ; the outer small like the sepals ; inner ovate-oblong, acute, 
yellow, pubescent, .")- to 7-ribbed, "75 to 1 in. long. Ripe carpel* ovoid, 
pubescent, beaked, *6 in. long and '3.5 in. in diam. ; stalk nearly as long. 
Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 72; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I, pt. 2, 51. Uvaria 
nutans, Wall. Cat. 6481. U. tripetala, Roxb. Fl Ind. ii, 667. U. cphthal- 
mica, Roxb. ex Don Gen. Syst. i, 93. 
Singapore ; Wallich and others. Peuang j Curtis. Malacca ; Main- 
gay, (Kew Distrib.) No. 67. Perak ; at low elevations. Sugei Ujong; 
Ridley. Distrib. Moluccas, Sumatra. 
2. Pu.eanthcs LUCtnus, Oliver in Hook. Ic. PI. t. 1561. A tree 
40 to 50 feet high : young branches minutely rusty pubescent or almost 
glabrous, dark-coloured and furrowed. Leaves thickly membranous, 
oblong-elliptic to lanceolate, acuminate, the base cuneato ; both sur- 
faces shining, glabrous except occasionally the puberulous midrib ; 
main nerves about 8 pairs, oblique, rather prominent beneath: length 
4 5 to 6*5 in., breadth 125 to 2*25 in. ; petiole "2 in. Flowers solitary, 
rarely in fascicles of 2 or 3, extra-axillary, erect, 6 in. to 1 in. in diam., 
buds triquetrous ; peduncles 1 to 125 in. long, slender, puberulous, 
with 2 minute bracteoles. Sepals ovate, acute, less than "1 in. long. 
Outer petals like the sepals but a little longer: inner petals thiek, 
greenish -yellow, oblong-ovate, acute, about '5 in. long, glabreacent with 
puberulous edges. Anthers with square truncate heads. Ovaries 
numerous, 1-ovulate. Ripe carpets oblong, G in. long and "3 in. in diam., 
minutely granular, sub-glabrous as are the 5 to *tj in. long stalks. 
Penang: Curtis. Perak : at low elevations : King's Collector, Nos, 
7275 and 10044. 
3. PilJiANTnus Andaman ICU3, King n. sp. A small glabrous shrub: 
young branches pale brown, slender. Leaves membranous, elliptic or 
elliptic-lanceolate, acute, slightly narrowed to the rounded base, both 
surfaces rather pale when dry ; main nerves 15 to 20 pairs, faint, slen- 
der, horizontal, forming double loops near the margin, the reticulations 
faint; length 4 to 7*5 in., breadth 175 to 2 5 in., petiole '35 in. Flowers 
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